Pipe-hanger.



c.- s. McKINLEY.

PIPE HANGER.

APPLiCATION FILED OCT. 24. 19M.

I Patented 0@t.12;-'1915;

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Tun STATEg CLYDE s- McKINLEY, or

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EAST. s1. more, ILLINOIS.

PIPE-HANGER.

To all whom it may concern of which thefollowing is a clear, full, and

exact description, attention being called to the drawing. which accompanies this application and forinszi. part thereof.

This invention concerns devices known as pipe hangers and used for securing service piping in position in buildings. It is particularly designed for use in buildings Where structural iron enters into the construction or is used to serve-as a frame or skeleton about wh1ch the walls are formed. lathe construction of such buildings the pipes used to convey gas, Water, or serving as conduits to carry electric wiring are placed in position and connected to the iron frame before the walls are built in and placed in position. Y

My pipe hanger is constructed in a manner to permit its ready and quick attachment to any part of the structpral members of the iron skeleton frame of the building so that pipes may be secured in any desired position and horizontalor vertical.

v The invention consists off-"the particular construction of my pipe hanger as it is hereinafter described and claimed and as illustraed in the accompanying drawing in which:

Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4. show inside ole-rations four modified forms of my hanger and d signated respectively by letters A, B, C

is; 45. as viewed from the left of said figure. 5.5. i5 shows a top View of the hanger illusdin Fig. 2. Figs. 7, 8 and? one 1' scale show application of the hanger :ious ways, Fig. 7 showing a hanger of form A, and one of form securedto an angle iron which letter is-shown in pro .C

The hanger is securedin position by' clamping action and consists broadly con-- sidered. 01' the means for carrying out this action and of means ior holding a pipe.

The clamping action is produced by a. se

'1. l1. Fig. 5 illustrates the form shown in.

ection. Fig. 8 shows-a hanger of the Patentedflct. 12, isle.

screw IO'seated in a flangell. and co-acting with a similar flange l2 opposite flange 11 and opposite the end of. the set-screw seated therein and substantially parallel to said flange. These flanges project from the body 13 of the hanger.

The pipe-holding means consist of a ringshaped bearing 14, the diameter of its clear 1 opening being adapted to fit the pipes to be supported. it is contemplated in order to accommodate pipes of various sizes, to pro- "ide han'gers with bearings of various diameters. The positional relation of this hearing with reference to the clamping means differs in the several forms shown. In the. form A it projects from body member 13 and in a plane parallel to the plane in which the clamping means act. form B it projects in a plane at right angles to the position in which it is shown in form A. In form C it projects from flange 12 and in a plane similar to that shown for form A. In form D it projects in a plane at right angles to this plane and in all cases it is located in the center of the particular surface from which it projects. The efi'ect of this Variation is that pipes may be se- In thecured to the structuralmembers in various 7.

B is secured so as to have this axis at anangle thereto. Pipes contained in these hearings will be supported accordingly and if two are supported at the same time, one in each bearing: they willbe supported in spaced parallel planes but at right angles to each other and both pipes'inay he horizontal or one may be horizontal and the other vertical according to the position of the angle-iron. y

In Fig. 8, form C is shown as being used to attach a pipe parallel to one of the flanges oflthe channel-iron 16 and so as to 'he hetween these flanges. In Fig. 9 two pipes positioned in the same plane but disposed atright angles-to each other are shown as conxiectedto the flanges of I-loeam 17 by forms D and B respectively. Of course any or all of the four forms may he'used, one in j place of the other so as to meet all possible and different conditions as required.

In order tgii'permit the clamping part of the haneerto seatitself snugly upon the Castor malleable iron are preferable materials to be used in the manufacture of these hangers and all parts, the set-screw excepted, are integrally formed in one casting. It will be noted thatthis one-piece hanger is very compact, being reduced substantially to a block-shape and the distance between the pipe bearing and the attaching means is very limited, so that when pipes are to be concealed or inclosed by the material of the walls, plastering, etc, the hanger does not interfere by obstructing or projecting.

In using the hangers they are by means of pipe-bearing 14, first slipped on the length of piping to be supported so that they hang on these pipes and after the pipes are positioned, the hangers are-moved on the pipes, sliding in the pipe-bearing, to the places where the hangers are to be clamped to the supporting structures-to make connection therewith. In order to permit this sliding adjustment to be freely made, pipe-bearing 14 is substantially ring shaped, that is to say its thickness in an axial direction is very limited to limit its contact with the pipe.

Having described my invention, I claim as new 2' s A pipe-hanger consisting of a structure which comprises a body-part and two spaced parallel flanges which project from two opposite edges of this body-part and of which they form integral parts, all three being of substantially equal dimensions so as to produce a compact, block-shaped structure, a ring-shaped bearing adapted to have limited contact with a pipeto be supported and "projecting at right angles outwardly from the center of one of the sides of the structure and midways between two of the op posite edgesof this particular side and a set-screw seated in one of the flanges and adapted to efi'ect clamping attachment of the structure by co-action with the other flange.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto ailix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. CLYDE S. cKINLEY. Witnesses: Y

Row. C. ZITLLERS, llAmir (n.n'nmiu. 

